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Carl Sargeant
Assembly Member for Alyn and Deeside
Assembly Member for Alyn and Deeside
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
AM Welcomes Funding
EXTRA £10 MILLION TO RELIEVE LOCAL AUTHORITY PRESSURES
Carl Sargeant has welcomed news that Councils across Wales are set to receive an extra £10 million of funding from the Labour-led Welsh Assembly Government to relieve pressures on children’s social services and maintain community facilities such as sports centres and family centres.
To further the Assembly Government’s Social Justice objectives, the Welsh Assembly is distributing around £4.5 million in capital funding and around £5.5 million more in revenue funding.
Carl Sargeant said,
“This will help local authorities to maintain their spending programmes for the next financial year. By using this money to fund spending programmes that are already in progress, they can then free up resources for future year spends.”
The additional money will be funded from underspend on other programmes and will be allocated to individual local authorities, Flintshire County Council will receive an extra £219,800 in capital funding and a further £195,237 in additional revenue funding for next year.
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
AM Welcomes Support
SCHOOL NURSES GO BACK TO SCHOOL
The Labour-led Welsh Assembly Government’s commitment to ensure that every secondary school in Wales has a school nurse is expected to be achieved at the end of this Assembly, Welsh Labour’s Health Minister Edwina Hart has announced today.
The Labour-led Welsh Assembly Government had committed to a school nurse for each of Wales’s 223 secondary schools, and the final three remaining posts are expected to be filled during April 2011.
The nurses’ role is to help address the health, emotional and social needs of children and young people and promote healthy behaviour and well-being. It will address the needs of all pupils regardless of their school attendance and will include services outside school hours and during school holidays where required.
Alyn & Deeside AM Carl Sargeant said,
“The school nurse scheme is a positive development for the health and wellbeing of our schoolchildren. I am certain that our local children will benefit from this initiative.”
The Assembly Government has provided additional funding to local Health Boards to enable them to employ specialist community public health school nurses (SCPHN) and registered nurses. The Health Boards will sustain the newly-created posts into the future.
The Labour-led Welsh Assembly Government’s commitment to ensure that every secondary school in Wales has a school nurse is expected to be achieved at the end of this Assembly, Welsh Labour’s Health Minister Edwina Hart has announced today.
The Labour-led Welsh Assembly Government had committed to a school nurse for each of Wales’s 223 secondary schools, and the final three remaining posts are expected to be filled during April 2011.
The nurses’ role is to help address the health, emotional and social needs of children and young people and promote healthy behaviour and well-being. It will address the needs of all pupils regardless of their school attendance and will include services outside school hours and during school holidays where required.
Alyn & Deeside AM Carl Sargeant said,
“The school nurse scheme is a positive development for the health and wellbeing of our schoolchildren. I am certain that our local children will benefit from this initiative.”
The Assembly Government has provided additional funding to local Health Boards to enable them to employ specialist community public health school nurses (SCPHN) and registered nurses. The Health Boards will sustain the newly-created posts into the future.
AM Welcomes Library Investment
Alyn & Deeside AM Carl Sargeant has today welcomed a massive £300,000 investment for Buckley Library.
The funding windfall is part of an investment of £2.8 million in grants to develop the work of libraries, museums and archives across Wales.
The funding supports a range of projects that vary from large scale modernisation of public library buildings to supporting volunteer-run museums.
Carl Sargeant AM for Alyn & Deeside said today,
“I am delighted that Buckley library has been given such a significant funding boost, this announcement follows on from a previous grant for Connah’s Quay Library and I am certain that this funding will provide Buckley residents with a modern library to be proud of.”
The funding windfall is part of an investment of £2.8 million in grants to develop the work of libraries, museums and archives across Wales.
The funding supports a range of projects that vary from large scale modernisation of public library buildings to supporting volunteer-run museums.
Carl Sargeant AM for Alyn & Deeside said today,
“I am delighted that Buckley library has been given such a significant funding boost, this announcement follows on from a previous grant for Connah’s Quay Library and I am certain that this funding will provide Buckley residents with a modern library to be proud of.”
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
AM Congratulates Local Volunteers
Local AM Congratulates Communty Parents Scheme
Alyn & Deeside AM Carl Sargeant has congratulated volunteers involved in a Community Parenting scheme in Flintshire.
Carl Sargeant Alyn & Deeside AM attended an awards ceremony for volunteers involved in Community Parenting at Buckley Westwood School this week.
The Community Parents programme recruits and trains parents from the local community as volunteers to offer support to other parents in their area. The aim is to match volunteers to a family, ideally with a new baby but the programme is open to any parent. Volunteers and families meet up for an hour on a monthly basis (more frequently initially) and discuss progress on issues raised.
The Group offers family’s prenatal Services, early detection & treatment of postnatal depression, parenting information and support amongst other services.
Carl Sargeant AM for Alyn & Deeside said,
“The Community Parenting scheme is unique in Wales and I am delighted that the volunteers are receiving recognition for the valuable work that they undertake for families across our community.”
Alyn & Deeside AM Carl Sargeant has congratulated volunteers involved in a Community Parenting scheme in Flintshire.
Carl Sargeant Alyn & Deeside AM attended an awards ceremony for volunteers involved in Community Parenting at Buckley Westwood School this week.
The Community Parents programme recruits and trains parents from the local community as volunteers to offer support to other parents in their area. The aim is to match volunteers to a family, ideally with a new baby but the programme is open to any parent. Volunteers and families meet up for an hour on a monthly basis (more frequently initially) and discuss progress on issues raised.
The Group offers family’s prenatal Services, early detection & treatment of postnatal depression, parenting information and support amongst other services.
Carl Sargeant AM for Alyn & Deeside said,
“The Community Parenting scheme is unique in Wales and I am delighted that the volunteers are receiving recognition for the valuable work that they undertake for families across our community.”
AM Welcomes Flood Alleviation Scheme
Local AM Welcomes Long Awaited
Flood Alleviation Scheme
Alyn & Deeside AM Carl Sargeant has welcomed an announcement by Welsh Water that work is due to commence on a long awaited Flood Alleviation scheme in Buckley.
The improvement scheme works will begin on May 9th and will improve the wastewater network in the areas of Brunswick Road, Linthorpe Drive and Dukes field Drive.
Carl Sargeant local Welsh Assembly Member said,
“I welcome the Flood Alleviation works, it will be of benefit to local residents and I hope the scheme can be carried out with minimal interruption to the local Buckley community.”
Flood Alleviation Scheme
Alyn & Deeside AM Carl Sargeant has welcomed an announcement by Welsh Water that work is due to commence on a long awaited Flood Alleviation scheme in Buckley.
The improvement scheme works will begin on May 9th and will improve the wastewater network in the areas of Brunswick Road, Linthorpe Drive and Dukes field Drive.
Carl Sargeant local Welsh Assembly Member said,
“I welcome the Flood Alleviation works, it will be of benefit to local residents and I hope the scheme can be carried out with minimal interruption to the local Buckley community.”
AM Welcomes Funding
£2 MILLION TO HELP OLDER PEOPLE OUT OF HOSPITAL MORE
QUICKLY
Alyn & Deeside AM Carl Sargeant has welcomed today’s news that a scheme that carries out minor but vital adaptations to older people’s homes to allow them to be discharged from hospital more quickly has been awarded £2.094 million of funding from the Labour-led Welsh Assembly Government for the next financial year.
The Rapid Response Adaptations Programme (RRAP) allows equipment such as ramps, handrails, safety alarms and door entry systems to be fitted in people’s homes quickly so that their hospital discharges are not delayed and future admissions can be avoided. The scheme is administered and monitored by Care and Repair Cymru and delivered by Care and Repair agencies.
Alyn & Deeside AM, Carl Sargeant said;
“It is critically important that we ensure our older people can gain the reassurance and independence that simple home adaptions can bring, I am delighted that this important budget has been protected this year.”
The funding has been maintained at the same level as last year, despite cuts to the overall housing budget, because this investment results in big savings in other budget areas such as the NHS and Social Services by preventing admission to hospital as a result of accidents in the home or illness due to unsuitable living conditions. Care and Repair estimate that every pound spent on RRAP saves £7.50 for health and social care budgets by preventing hospital admission or speeding up hospital discharge. Nearly 16,000 RRAP jobs were completed in 2008 - 2009, of which over 10,000 prevented hospital admission and nearly 5,000 enabled hospital discharge.
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